Richard Blonoff
Make America Rassle Again
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Extravagant pyro erupts as the crowd goes wild for the opening of Aftershock. The camera pans around the arena before coming to a rest on the announce team of Becky Serra and Johnny Klamor.
Serra: Welcome everyone to the thirty first edition of WZCW Aftershock! We are live tonight from the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia, and Johnny we have an action packed show tonight.
Klamor: Right you are Becky. We have debuts, returns, and some of the hottest women in our sport in action tonight.
Serra: Can't say I'm surprised that is where you go Johnny.
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Serra: Well it looks like we are getting a visit from our EurAsian champion, Mikey Stormrage here tonight.
Klamor: What is this neckbeard doing out here? He isn't even scheduled to compete tonight.
Stormrage appears a few moments later, dragging a bloody superstar behind him. It is revealed that the man is Corvus, his facepaint badly smeared with his own blood. He wastes no time making his way to the ring. He throws Corvus into the barricade as he circles around to the timekeeper area and grabs a chair and a mic. He throws the chair into the ring before climbing in himself. He places the chair in the center of the ring and sits down. The crowd is booing heavily as he takes a seat.
Stormrage: You know when I came out here on Meltdown, there were no big parades, no celebrations, not even a congratulations from anyone for winning this title. That hurt my feelings. I went all the way to England, fought just outside my opponent's home town, everyone hated me there. It made me sad. But I fought my hardest and I won and not a single one of you took the time to say congratulations. After all I have done for you people. I know I'm not perfect, but I come out here each and every night and put on a show for you, and this is how you treat me? By ignoring me.
Stormrage looks down before he puts a hand to his mask.
And people wonder why I wear a mask, why I hide my face. It's to protect myself from the ugliness of the world. Ugliness like you people!
The crowd begins to boo heavily.
In recent weeks I've come to find out that this mask is my only true friend. I don't need titles, or acceptance, or admiration from you people. Because you people gave me everything I need. You turned me into a monster!
Just as the crowd begins to boo again, familiar music hits.
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The crowd begins to cheer, but the cheers are quickly silenced as no one shows up on stage. Stormrage simply begins to laugh.
Hahaha, James Howard isn't here. I beat James Howard so badly he is out injured. He is back at home, licking his wounds with his family. Safe and secure with his family. He used to call me family. James was my best friend, my brother. I loved him, but he did not return that love, so we deemed him unworthy.
As soon as Stormrage says we, he again begins to touch his mask, caressing it gently.
So we are out here to demand an apology. Not from James, no we have long given up hope on our brother. We want an apology from all of you. And until we get that apology, we are going to show Corvus out there just what you people, what James Howard, made us.
Stormrage rolls out of the ring and begins drags the bloodied Corvus back into the ring. Corvus tires to stand but a giant clothesline puts him back on the ground. Stormrage walks over and grabs the chair and lifts it high above his head.
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The crowd cheers the change of pace as Mr. Banks steps onto the stage.
Banks: Hold on just a minute. Champion or not I will not have any of my superstars try to hijack one of my shows. So let me be the first to tell you Mr. Stormrage, congratulations on your victory and I'm sorry. Are you happy?
Stormrage drops the chair and walks to pic up his mic.
Almost. You see when I woke up this morning, I put on this mask and then we found out that James Howard will be cleared for action in time for Unscripted. Now that disappoints us, because our goal wasn't to win a title, our goal was to end James Howard. Now James and I are familiar with Unscripted. We made history there last year. Strikeforce made a lot of history, and each time everyone talked about James Howard. Always James Howard. James Howard! James Howard! James Howard!
Stormrage picks the chair back up and begins to beat Corvus with it.
If you hit him with that chair one more time I will suspend you and strip you of your title, then there won't be a match at Unscripted!
Stormrage drops the chair in the center of the ring.
That's what I thought! Now whatever issues you two have with each other are making for big ratings. So at Unscripted you will defend your title against James Howard in a match of the fans choosing. I will pick a stipulation, James Howard will pick a stipulation, and you will pick a stipulation and as is custom, the fans will vote on their favorite.
The fans begin to cheer as Banks turns to walk away.
Oh and Mikey, I want your decision by the end of the night.
Stormrage grips his mask with both hands as Banks walks away. Medical personal begin to bring a stretcher out as Stormrage exits the ring. He stops and turns back to the medics attending to Corvus. He rolls back in the ring and throws them aside and lifts Corvus to his feet.
Let us show you the beauty.
With that Stormrage lifts Corvus high in and air and leaps, slamming him down on the twisted chair with a Game Over!
Serra: Ladies and gentlemen we need to cut to commercial but don't go away as we have a returning superstar due up after the break.